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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

I had never heard of Wordsmith, but after researching it, it looked promising and I was hoping Funny Bunny would like it!

And to top it off, it's one of Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks for Curriculum, so I couldn't go wrong!

About Wordsmith Apprentice:

It's an easy to use writing course encouraging
students to develop their writing skills as they participate in every
role on a newspaper staff: editor, reporter, writer, etc. Children
develop a love for writing as they express themselves through sentence
and paragraph writing, persuasive writing, and much more.

I knew right away after receiving this book that Funny Bunny would LOVE it...and she does!!

It starts with a note to the student explaining that they will be working for a small town newspaper. They'll start with little jobs like classified ads, picture captions, and "fillers." They will then move on to advertising, book reviews, and recipes and finally they will become a "staff reporter" and be ready to write news stories and editorials.

They start with a Application For Employment

Then they write their own. Funny Bunny decided to write an Application For Cleaning Toilets {I was cracking up}

Here is a sample of her poetry {gotta love it}

She is enjoying this writing curriculum so much that we plan to continue it throughout the year.

Disclaimer: This product was
given to Our Homeschool Reviews for free for review purposes, and I do
not have to return the product to the vendor. I have received no
compensation from it and all opinions and experiences within this review
are my own.